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the reeducation of certain paralytics, and ac- 

 cording to our information his methods are 

 now used by the Military Hospitals Com- 

 mission of Canada. It is greatly to be hoped 

 that his own country may be equally ready to 

 avail itself of these methods, and that it may 

 adequately prepare in advance for the ex- 

 tremely important as well as difficult task of 

 rehabilitating maimed and paralyzed soldiers 

 and sailors. 



Committee on psychological problems of 

 recreation in the Army and Navy. Chairman, 

 George A. Coe, Union Theological Seminary, 

 W. C. Bagley, H. L. Hollingworth, G. T. W. 

 Patrick, J. H. Tufts. 



This committee will serve the national cause 

 by cooperating in every profitable way with the 

 committee on military recreation of the Y. M. 

 C. A. and with such other agencies as are im- 

 mediately concerned with this kind of military 

 aid. Psychologists will find abundant oppor- 

 tunity for the study of psychological aspects 

 of recreational problems. 



Committee on pedagogical and psychological 

 problems of military training and discipline. 

 Cliairman, Charles H. Judd, University of 

 Chicago. 



Committee on problems of motivation in 

 cojinection with military service. Chairman, 

 "Walter D. Scott, iN'orthwestern University, 

 H. S. Langfeld, J. H. Tufts. 



Committee on problems of emotional stabil- 

 ity, fear and seK-control. Chairman, Eobert 

 S. "Woodworth, Columbia University, W. B. 

 Cannon, G. Stanley Hall, J. B. Morgan, J. F. 

 Shepard. 



It is probable that in addition to dealing 

 with the special problems of emotional stability 

 this committee will find it desirable to under- 

 take a careful study of incorrigibility. 



Committee on acoustic problems of military 

 importance. Chairman, Carl E. Seashore, 

 University of Iowa, E. M. Ogden, C. A. 

 Euckmich. 



Already the chairman of this committee has 

 interested himself in the relations of the prin- 

 ciples of acoustics to various naval situations. 

 Methods of localizing sounds and their util- 

 ization for the detection of submarines, the 



identification of guns, and the locating of 

 batteries are clearly important. These ques- 

 tions are under investigation by the physics 

 committee of the N'ational Eesearch Council, 

 with which Dr. Seashore's committee will co- 

 operate. 



Committee on visual problems of military 

 significance. Chairman, Eaymond Dodge, 

 Wesleyan University, E. P. Angier, H. A. 

 Carr, L. E. Geissler, S. P. Hayes, G. M. 

 Stratton, L. T. Troland. 



Chairman Dodge has devised and perfected 

 an apparatus for the measurement of various 

 important aspects of the naval gunners reac- 

 tion. This is now installed for trial on a 

 number of battleships. The committee has 

 also been requested to prepare and recom- 

 mend to the Navy methods for the selective 

 examinating of men for various kinds of 

 service. This work is in progress and its 

 results will shortly be reported to the ofiicials 

 directly concerned. 



If the war continues for as much as a year 

 American psychologists will have opportimity 

 to serve importantly, not only in the examin- 

 ing and classifying of recruits but also in the 

 selection of men for positions of responsibil- 

 ity, and in the choice and training of avi- 

 ation recruits, naval gunners and others in 

 skilled service. It is no longer a matter, as 

 at first appeared to be the case, of inducing 

 military authorities to accept methods of 

 psychological measurement, but instead pri- 

 marily one of meeting their expressed needs 

 .and requests for assistance. 



As psychological research along such lines 

 as have been indicated above progresses and 

 as the applicability and serviceability of meth- 

 ods are demonstrated, it is probable that 

 effective use can be made by the government 

 of all scientists who are skilled in the study 

 and control of human behavior. For after all, 

 the human factors in the war are as important 

 as are the mechanical and it can not be 

 doubted that brains and not brawn will decide 

 the great conflict. 



E. M. Terkes, 



Chairman 



